Comments on: Eagles fire Jim Washburn

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:16:53 +0000

When is Andy going to give himself a pink slip?!?!

By: dragonfly99

dragonfly99 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:32:31 +0000

Andy keeps throwing players, assistants and anyone else under the bus to take the blame. Just wait, Andy will be back as the Eagles HC next year. Lurie doesn’t have the guts to fire him.

By: tdurk34

tdurk34 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:47:47 +0000

For all those saying it is not the D-Line it is the secondary are only partially correct. The wide 9 forces the safeties to cheat up more then normal to stop the run because the D-Ends have limited or no run responsibility. They often find themselves out of position because they are run first pass second. Gimmicks come and go, Andy got caught up and trying to ride the wide 9 gimmick, it didn’t work. It may cost him his job, but I would not be surprised if Andy is back to finish his last year of his contract. I just have a feeling.

By: cav2ya

cav2ya — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:36:19 +0000

i called this one several weeks ago.. No BS.
Howard mudd needed to go… now he says he’s retiring.
Jim Washburn needed to go… And has.

Next:
Marty Morninwheg. he was horrible as the lions HC, and since taking over play calling from Ried in 06, the birds have barely made it to the playoffs, and wasted aso much talent..

Mike Vick. He did phenomenal things in 2010. i will be a fan of his for that year. but lets face it, he isn’t tall enough, he doesn’t run like he used to, he doesn’t recognize defenses, and he’s been cursed with bad coaching decisions.

By: thesmedman

thesmedman — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:32:22 +0000

I agree with the comment about keeping Reid. Interesting that all of the “firings” come from Reid and not Roseman.

So, Lurie keeps Reid but redesigates Roseman, hires a real football GM, and force coaching and personnel changes on Reid. I could buy this, as it would keep Reid from going o a rival like the Cowboys.

But it would piss off the Philadelphia media, who do not like Reid because he doesn’t play with them.

By: flmike

flmike — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:30:50 +0000

Breaking News:
Hoping to secure a playoff spot the Eagle’s announce the firing of Mrs Reid as Andy’s wife, she will be replaced by the house-keeper…

By: yetimonster

yetimonster — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:20:50 +0000

I was happy when Wash came to town, I can’t even remember who he replaced (that’s how good the guy was before). But glad he’s going now, he was splitting the locker room.

By: bduncanscott

bduncanscott — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:19:40 +0000

I’m not an eagles fan, I am a fan of a division rival of theirs but watching Eagles vs Dallas game last night the Eagles D line was doing great it was the Secondary that was a mess, a situation i’m more than familiar with with my team. Was rooting hard for the Eagles over Dallas they deserved the win. Love brown so far but wish if he were going to fumble he’d have done it earlier in the game.

By: daknight93

daknight93 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:46:37 +0000

after each loss, Reid either makes another scapegoat firing or cut another player…Reid is desperate to show eagles owner that he is willing to make changes, really pathetic to do this crap with 4 games left in the season.

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:42:15 +0000

Appears to me that Lurie is allowing Reid to strip the cupboard and start anew. Maybe he WILL be back next year?

By: upperdecker19

upperdecker19 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:58 +0000

I believe that SWOOP the mascot is next on the chopping block. As this is all “his/her responsibility, and has to do a better job.”

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:44 +0000

I can’t believe there are Eagles fans that are “excited” about this move. I think you’d better start considering what your actual best case scenario is at this point.

Apparently, you think your best case scenario is that this change will lead to better D-line play and some more wins. This is really your worst case scenario. Winning more games at this point is worthless and will only hurt the franchise’s efforts to improve in the future.

Winning now is bad for Eagles fans on two fronts: it hurts your draft position and increases every so slightly the possibility that Reid keeps his job.

By: thelastpieceofcheese

thelastpieceofcheese — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:25:24 +0000

Andy Reid should have fired himself!

By: crubenst

crubenst — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:21:39 +0000

I know I’m going to get killed on this but think it through… If we bring in a real football gm and strip Reid of his player personel power, then bring in a real defensive coordinator with a history in the league, we might actually do well with Reid as the head coach. He was a great coach when we had those things. He’s deteriorated as he’s gained more player personel power and failed to hire a legitimate replacement for Jim Johnson.

By: bricktop02

bricktop02 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:15:07 +0000

Getting rid of Reid would be in the best interest for the team. Chalk up one more classless move by Reid.

By: phillyphan77

phillyphan77 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:13:46 +0000

The next move will be firing Howard Mudd and bringing back Castillo as the o-line coach.

By: kenstabler

kenstabler — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:59:30 +0000

Reid looks pathetic and desperate getting rid of subordinates when the buck stops with him. I’m not sure any GM will hire him if he is terminated after this season.

By: ianijm

ianijm — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:46:37 +0000

“Hired in 2011 before the Eagles hired a new defensive coordinator, Washburn brought to town his “wide nine” defensive linw (sic), which glorifies sacks at the expense of run defense.”

At least Florio isn’t biased …..

“The Eagles should fire the running back coach since he can’t convince Bryce Brown not to fumble the rock !!! His fumbles have lost two consecutive football games.”

Moron. Brown also scored all the touchdowns! Yeah his fumbles were costly, but they wouldn’t have been in a position to even have a shot at winning if it wasn’t for his hard running. He’s the only guy on the team still playing!!!

By: trojan33sc

trojan33sc — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:29:15 +0000

The Eagles should fire the running back coach since he can’t convince Bryce Brown not to fumble the rock !!! His fumbles have lost two consecutive football games.

By: rufustfireflyjr

rufustfireflyjr — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:17:51 +0000

It’s not like any of the other Eagles’ coaches will have jobs after the next month. At least Washburn gets a month’s head start on the rest of them in finding a new position.

By: eaglesfanalways

eaglesfanalways — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:06:10 +0000

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse for the Eagles…at least he doesn’t have to wait until 31 December to get sacked. Enjoy the time off, Jim. Oh…and the Wide 9 sucked.

By: nyjets1017

nyjets1017 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:04:42 +0000

And they say the jets are a circus!?

By: bluejunco

bluejunco — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:02:47 +0000

He should just fire himself

By: andyreidisthegoat

andyreidisthegoat — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:59:46 +0000

This just feels like reid is coming back philly. He is even hiring coaches like he is reconstructing a staff. If he were out they’d have him make due with what he had for the last 4 games. Wow.

By: gochargersgo

gochargersgo — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:57:45 +0000

Wherever reid goes I hope he takes Bryce Brown with him. I wanna watch that kid start every sunday.

By: planosteelerfan

planosteelerfan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:52:48 +0000

I like Andy Reid, and after the tragedy this year, it would be tough for anyone to coach, let alone to even get up in the morning. I’ve watched the past two games, and he has done a fantastic job as a coach. The Eagles need a DC! They can score on offense, but the defense can’t stop a paper sack. Keep Coach Reid and get a good DC.

By: anthonyfromstatenisland

anthonyfromstatenisland — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:49:45 +0000

That’s it, Fat Boy – keep blaming other people for your own failures.

But hey, your day will come – and when it does it won’t come one second too soon.

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:48:24 +0000

I’d like to know who coached Cullen Jenkins to fake that ankle injury when the Eagles needed time to challenge the Witten catch. Emmy worthy!

By: mgavin78

mgavin78 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:42:02 +0000

Andy should also step down.

By: bobleblah

bobleblah — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:41:54 +0000

Final days of Reid regime? We can only hope. Jeff Lurie is looking for any excuse to keep Reid, and “improvement” will be as good as any.